LyondellBasell researcher wins prestigious Giulio Natta Award

September 06/2011

(LyondellBasell)
-- Retired LyondellBasell researcher Professor Ludwig Bohm has received the
2011 Giulio Natta Award for the successful development and commercialization of
the company’s Hostalen Advanced Cascade Process (ACP) technology. Named for the
renowned LyondellBasell predecessor company scientist whose discovery of
crystalline polypropylene earned him the 1963 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the
annual award is given to a senior scientist whose discoveries have substantially
improved quality of life through chemistry.

Winnners are
selected by a distinguished panel of industry experts representing the plastics
and chemicals community in Ferrara, Italy, the birthplace of numerous industrial
discoveries. At the awards ceremony in June, the committee stated that
“Professor Bohm and his team significantly contributed to the creation,
development and commercial success of the Hostalen ACP process technology for
the production of HDPE, resulting in a material of superior quality and
properties, achievable at competitive economics.”